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Post by carlihna on May 16, 2020 9:23:54 GMT -5
Rumor has it that "Little Old Man" by Bill Cosby will be deleted from the rebroadcast of the first show this summer. That would be beyond absurd. Do the SJW's and Thought Police run *every* company now?! Unlike with Cosby, wasn't there ACTUAL evidence that Michael Jackson was a crimes-committing degenerate? So they'll be editing-out all of his hits from now on too, I assume. He hit the charts three or four times, I believe. |
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Post by pizzzzza on May 16, 2020 9:46:19 GMT -5
Listening to 1979 show right now
I was just starting out in radio broadcasting this particular year.
The thing I remember the most about this particular countdown - besides the obvious that disco was dominating the charts - was the number of artists who had such potential , but ended up having only one hit, and then disappear:
Tycoon
Roger Voudouris
Randy Vanwarmer (Suzi was a minor hit)
David Naughton
And then to an extent, mainly because of the disco craze at the time:
Instant Funk
GQ ( I Do Love you - another minor hit)
Amii Stewart
Foxy (Get Off came out earlier)
You can almost include Rickie Lee Jones, Barbara Mandrell and Suzy Quattro as well.
The other thing I noticed is it was the last hurrah for acts like:
Bad Company
England Dan and John Ford Coley
Orleans
It was also the end of The Bee Gees domination of the charts.
That’s what to me makes this show so special was all of this was going on at the same time.
Then 1980 rolled around and everything changed.
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Post by papathree on May 16, 2020 10:23:30 GMT -5
Rumor has it that "Little Old Man" by Bill Cosby will be deleted from the rebroadcast of the first show this summer. That would be beyond absurd. Do the SJW's and Thought Police run *every* company now?! Unlike with Cosby, wasn't there ACTUAL evidence that Michael Jackson was a crimes-committing degenerate? So they'll be editing-out all of his hits from now on too, I assume. He hit the charts three or four times, I believe. If being incarcerated is a new litmus test for deciding which artists' material will be kept in rebroadcasts of Casey's original shows, then someone ought to start deleting any stories about or songs written by, performed by (or produced by): Chuck Berry Gary Glitter Merle Haggard Peter Yarrow Phil Spector John Phillips Ike Turner Rolf Harris James Brown David Crosby Jonathan King Leadbelly (Huddy Ledbetter) Wilson Pickett Billy Preston Freddy Fender |
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Post by mrjukebox on May 16, 2020 10:30:16 GMT -5
Corona is in the borough of Queens,NY.
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Post by jmack19 on May 16, 2020 11:14:03 GMT -5
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Post by albe on May 16, 2020 11:22:16 GMT -5
Rumor has it that "Little Old Man" by Bill Cosby will be deleted from the rebroadcast of the first show this summer. If so, that would differ from this Premiere cue sheet which keeps that extra in but deletes "Spinning Wheel" by Blood, Sweat, and Tears, an extra that fell between #10 and #9 in both the 1970 original and 1975 special rebroadcasts. Whatever they do with Cosby, BS&T should stay in. Did you mean to put a circular link "this Premiere cue sheet" |
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Post by at40nut on May 16, 2020 11:29:44 GMT -5
Listening to 1979 show right now I was just starting out in radio broadcasting this particular year. The thing I remember the most about this particular countdown - besides the obvious that disco was dominating the charts - was the number of artists who had such potential , but ended up having only one hit, and then disappear: Tycoon Roger Voudouris Randy Vanwarmer (Suzi was a minor hit) David Naughton And then to an extent, mainly because of the disco craze at the time: Instant Funk GQ ( I Do Love you - another minor hit) Amii Stewart Foxy (Get Off came out earlier) You can almost include Rickie Lee Jones, Barbara Mandrell and Suzy Quattro as well. The other thing I noticed is it was the last hurrah for acts like: Bad Company England Dan and John Ford Coley Orleans It was also the end of The Bee Gees domination of the charts. That’s what to me makes this show so special was all of this was going on at the same time. Then 1980 rolled around and everything changed. There also Rex Smith who would have another hit two years later with Rachel Sweet with a cover of "Everlasting Love." I remember the story when he met his son Brandon for the first time, a son he never knew he had at the time. |
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Post by mkarns on May 16, 2020 11:31:00 GMT -5
If so, that would differ from this Premiere cue sheet which keeps that extra in but deletes "Spinning Wheel" by Blood, Sweat, and Tears, an extra that fell between #10 and #9 in both the 1970 original and 1975 special rebroadcasts. Whatever they do with Cosby, BS&T should stay in. Did you mean to put a circular link "this Premiere cue sheet" I hate how the links on this board sometimes (mal)function. But this is the cue sheet I meant: www.charismusicgroup.com/Cue%20Sheets/07-11-70.pdfSpeaking of cue sheets, Premiere left in the story alluded to on the May 12, 1979 cue sheet about disco supposedly saving New York (a bit much to credit one type of music for.) I think they cut that story out when that show was aired earlier, and also remember Sirius XM doing so. One station that I'm sure deleted it originally was WGCL in Cleveland, which two months later had Townsend Coleman host a one-time locally produced AT40 using the regular chart, instead of the "Top 40 Songs of the Disco Era" special Casey hosted that week. www.charismusicgroup.com/Cue%20Sheets/05-12-79.pdfIncidentally, WPNC will play the complete 1979 show starting at 2, if it hasn't already been noted here. |
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Post by pizzzzza on May 16, 2020 11:37:30 GMT -5
at40nut -
I had considered Rex Smith in the group, but felt he was more than just a one hit/disappear artist - especially two decent hits in the beginning - then his collaboration with Rachel Sweet, which you already mentioned.
Plus “I think” he also was a host of TV’s “Solid Gold” for a while.
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Post by mkarns on May 16, 2020 11:46:41 GMT -5
at40nut - I had considered Rex Smith in the group, but felt he was more than just a one hit/disappear artist - especially two decent hits in the beginning - then his collaboration with Rachel Sweet, which you already mentioned. Plus “I think” he also was a host of TV’s “Solid Gold” for a while. Though I noticed you said that spring 1979 was the "last hurrah" for Bad Company. "Rock 'n' Roll Fantasy" was their last AT40 hit with Paul Rodgers singing, but in the early 1990s they made AT40 and/or CT40 several times with the late Brian Howe up front. (Rodgers, incidentally, made the top 40 in 1985 leading the Firm.) |
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Post by darnall42 on May 16, 2020 12:01:09 GMT -5
Rumor has it that "Little Old Man" by Bill Cosby will be deleted from the rebroadcast of the first show this summer. That would be beyond absurd. Do the SJW's and Thought Police run *every* company now?! Unlike with Cosby, wasn't there ACTUAL evidence that Michael Jackson was a crimes-committing degenerate? So they'll be editing-out all of his hits from now on too, I assume. He hit the charts three or four times, I believe. i have no problems with premiere cutting out Little old man ,not beacause of bill cosby and his crimes- but because of it being an appaling song and it being a crime to call it music  |
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Post by djjoe1960 on May 16, 2020 12:09:06 GMT -5
Listening to 1979 show right now I was just starting out in radio broadcasting this particular year. The thing I remember the most about this particular countdown - besides the obvious that disco was dominating the charts - was the number of artists who had such potential , but ended up having only one hit, and then disappear: Tycoon Roger Voudouris Randy Vanwarmer (Suzi was a minor hit) David Naughton And then to an extent, mainly because of the disco craze at the time: Instant Funk GQ ( I Do Love you - another minor hit) Amii Stewart Foxy (Get Off came out earlier) You can almost include Rickie Lee Jones, Barbara Mandrell and Suzy Quattro as well. The other thing I noticed is it was the last hurrah for acts like: Bad Company England Dan and John Ford Coley Orleans It was also the end of The Bee Gees domination of the charts. That’s what to me makes this show so special was all of this was going on at the same time. Then 1980 rolled around and everything changed. I started in radio, August 1979, although it was at an A/C station but lots of those songs were hits on the Top 40, as well. The ones that I recall the most were The Devil Went Down To Georgia by Charlies Daniels Band, I Know A Heartache By Jennifer Warnes & Please Don't Go by K C & the Sunshine Band. Those three stand out to me because the phones would light up asking when I was gonna play those songs again--even if I just played them with in the last 30 minutes. |
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Post by djjoe1960 on May 16, 2020 12:13:58 GMT -5
By the way, looking at the cue sheet from Premiere for the first show, not only is Blood, Sweat & Tears (Spinning Wheel) missing--so is #9--The Wonder Of You by Elvis.  |
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Post by rgmike on May 16, 2020 12:15:24 GMT -5
Interesting editing: the first break in each hour was changed to come after the first 3 songs instead of the first 2. And so the teases that say "coming up in 5 minutes..." lead to the teased story after a couple of commercials, not a couple of commercials and a song. So, 2 minutes instead of 5.
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Post by pb on May 16, 2020 12:17:37 GMT -5
In the 1979 show, the intro to Cher's "Take Me Home" overlapped the AT40 bumper. Not sure I've heard that before.
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